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This may be an ornamental pear tree. Whatever it is, it's blooming here in Zone 10. Actually, it seems that dozens of these trees have bloomed in the last few days. They're so pretty, it's hard to be pissed off when you're looking at them. You can get lost in those crazy stamens. They look like the eyelashes on a cartoon femme fatale. Thank dog for nature, huh?

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A pre-coffee guess is that it's some variety of camelia, or camelia--ish species. That's based on the foliage and the general flower pattern. It looks like a simple camelia, but with huge stamen-things. (Can you tell I'm not a botanist?) I await enlightenment from fellow Plantidotians.

It's definitely not a camellia. I don't know what it is. I had a similar looking shrub a few years ago. It was something from New Zealand and zone 8. It bit the dust one harsh winter. I'm going to stop at my local nursery this afternoon to purchase my Seattle home and garden ticket. (woohoo, save $4 by purchasing early) I'll see if I can id it there.

I'm not seeing images like the one above when I search for any of the suggestions, including my own (ornamental pear).

But here's one more clue -- whatever these trees are, the ones in my neighborhood never seem to bear fruit. Maybe that's a pollination problem -- I have a strawberry guava tree, but only one, and it seems two are required for fruit, so it never produces any. So without seeing what the blossoms produce, it's not going to be easy to identify. Unless someone has a better idea.

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